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To: Matt Webster who wrote (3698)	9/28/1998 1:30:00 AM
From: StockJock-e	Respond to of 4679

My concerns lie with the legal side of things re MP3... The music industry is not very pleased... Joe six-pack can now go to a mp3 site and download the music of his choice for free. How can music companies stay alive? There will be some stink over this in the coming months. Jock-e

To: Matt Webster who wrote (3698)	10/6/1998 7:04:00 AM
From: PaperChase	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4679

Nice try but your analysis is flawed. Record companies will not want their music to be easily copied to more than one PC. So record companies will agree only to certain types of key and encryption standards that are tied to a single PC where the music can be played. And consumers will look at this restriction with disdain as they will lose their music when they have to deal with crashed systems, bad hard drives or tracking keys. In theory it sounds like downloads of CD music over the internet should be a boom. In reality, record companies will want to guard against illegal copying and will end up killing the market. The pirating that occurs now is small compared to the massive pirating that will occur under your proposal.